The Creative Compass Journey provides the framework you need to find your stories, develop your voice and follow your creative path.

For all levels of experience.

$1,250 includes three months of weekly classes, in-depth workbooks, co-working sessions, and ongoing support.
The bundle price includes additional bonus worksheets, resources and 60 minutes of private mentoring with Erica ($300 value)

"Creative Discovery added a sharper FOCUS to my journey. New tools. New acquaintances. A shared 4-week adventure." Participant feedback

Class One: Creative Path Essentials

View your life from a fresh perspective. Find the themes and ideas that can provide the foundation of any creative work you want to do. Discover the stories you’re meant to tell.

Every week we’ll meet via Zoom to engage in a project or reflection. Includes project time, comprehensive weekly workbooks, and conversation.

Week One: Create a Vision Board in a Box. Map inner and outer aspirations.
Reflect on where you are now and where you want to go. 2.5-hour mini retreat.
Week Two: Craft a Narrative Map. Explore the twists and turns of your life journey and the lessons learned along the way. 90-minutes.
Week Three: Create a Handmade Strengths Story Book to remind yourself of what you bring to the world. Create a legacy story for yourself or to share it with others. 1-hour.
Week Four: Take a Discovery Quest. Embark on a self-guided listening quest. Gather for a final session to share insights and stories. 1-hour.

“I was surprised at how many insights I gained in both professional and personal life. Perhaps this is because my sense of place is so entwined with my workplace, but I think everyone gained focus, value and priority." Participant feedback

"I think the power of this is that I’ve thought of writing, but I’ve always kept the idea inside my head. It’s putting it down on paper that’s truly awesome. Because of this class I’ve felt and noticed so much more.” Participant, Sense of Place Creative Writing Class

Class Two: Sense of Place Writing Master Class

For all levels of experience. Gain a foundational appreciation for different kinds of place-based writing. Uncover meaningful stories to develop. Learn techniques to add more depth and detail to any genre of writing you’d like to do. Based on Erica’s proven framework for uncovering and developing meaningful stories.

Week One: The Storied Landscape: Identify your core stories, their impact and meaning. Write a touchstone story.
Week Two: Place as Metaphor: Harness your descriptive writing powers. See places for their symbolic, metaphorical qualities.
Week Three: Place as Narrative Try out story arcs and structure. Explore how to grow your ideas. 
Week Four: The Power of Place Blend what you've discovered about context, symbols, description, and story arcs. Harvest and share the stories you have inside you. Hone your writings to effectively express your ideas. 

“You’ve given me a whole new way of thinking about place. I realized you don’t have to be from a place in order to be able to relate or connect or be able to write about it. I think that’s been something I’ve been very hung up on... living in a place where I really don’t feel connected to it and searching for how do I fit in here. This process has really helped me come to terms with it, and how that’s okay. I can write about that." Participant, Sense of Place Creative Writing Class

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Class Three: 4- Week Writing Class

Hone in on the stories you want to tell with weekly guided prompts and in-class writing provide the container you need for diving deep into your creative process and unearthing the stories you want to tell. This dedicated time for writing will help you develop your ideas and generate writing and flourish in an incredible community of support. 90-minute weekly sessions.

• Bring your stories to life

• Generate fresh writings and ideas

• Thrive in a nourishing community of support

• Nourish your inner writer and stay connected to your writing self

• Gain proven writing framework centered your soulful journey

• Develop writings based on the intersection of place, nature, history and self